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Missouri hospital therapy dog dies after mysterious infection; second dog also sick
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Another therapy dog owned by the Fessendens, a husky mix named Keylo, also has fallen ill and seems to have many of the same symptoms that Trooper had, the couple said.
The Fessendens said a veterinarian told them that Trooper, who would have been 6 years old this October, died April 9 due to complications from a mysterious viral infection.
While his family and hospital staff were trying to recover from the loss of Trooper, Keylo began having the same kind of balance issues Trooper had just a couple of weeks earlier.
The family rushed Keylo to the MU Vet Hospital, where he remained in the intensive care unit Friday. Currently, he is stable and awaiting test results.
The couple also has a dog named Kiko, who isn’t sick.
The Fessendens moved to a new house in Hallsville in November. Since they haven’t changed anything else about their animal-care routine in recent months, they worry that the dogs’ illnesses might have something to do with the soil on their new property.
“Those are our kids,” Kelley Fessenden said...
Missouri hospital therapy dog dies after mysterious infection; second dog also sick
- By Sky Strauss
- Apr 15, 2022
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Another therapy dog owned by the Fessendens, a husky mix named Keylo, also has fallen ill and seems to have many of the same symptoms that Trooper had, the couple said.
The Fessendens said a veterinarian told them that Trooper, who would have been 6 years old this October, died April 9 due to complications from a mysterious viral infection.
While his family and hospital staff were trying to recover from the loss of Trooper, Keylo began having the same kind of balance issues Trooper had just a couple of weeks earlier.
The family rushed Keylo to the MU Vet Hospital, where he remained in the intensive care unit Friday. Currently, he is stable and awaiting test results.
The couple also has a dog named Kiko, who isn’t sick.
The Fessendens moved to a new house in Hallsville in November. Since they haven’t changed anything else about their animal-care routine in recent months, they worry that the dogs’ illnesses might have something to do with the soil on their new property.
“Those are our kids,” Kelley Fessenden said...
